How much gas escapes firing from cone 03 & 04?


Monday 14th July 2014

These were fired to cone 03 (upper) and 04 (lower). At cone 03 the loss in weight is 4.54%, at 04 it is 4.45%. That is 0.08% difference. If a mug weighs 250 grams, that is only 0.21 grams. Does not sound like much. But wait. Air weighs 0.001225g/cc. While this is not the exact weight of the gases escaping during firing it suggests that around 170cc of gases need to bubble up through the glaze if the piece was insight-live.com/glossary/8">bisque fired at cone 04 and glaze fired to cone 03.

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LOI, Plainsman Electric Bisque Firing Schedule


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